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S. L. HORTON.

MEMORANDUM CALENDAR.

Patented Oct. 20, 188 5.

WITNIEEEE.

UNITED ATENT OFFICE.

SETH L. HORTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MEMORANDUM-CALENDAR.

fiPECIPlGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,586, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed December 9, 1884. Serial No. 149,824. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH L. HORTON, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Memorandum-Galendars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of calen dars which are designed toreceive and display daily or other periodical memoranda of engagements;and my invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction andarrangement of the calendar, and of certain attachments for the same, ashereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a front elevation of my improved calendar. Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form ofmy improvement. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the memorandum-card. Fig.5 is a transverse vertical section of my improved calendar.

1n the said drawings, A designates the front piece or face of myimproved calendar, and B designates the memorandum card or surface ofthe same, which is secured against the back of the front piece by afastener, a, which passes centrally through the two, so that the card Bmay be revolved upon its fastening.

In Fig. 1 the front A is formed with six sides, and in Fig. 3 said frontis of circular or disk shape. In either case the front is cut away, soas to form an aperture bounded by the lines a a, so as to expose a partof the card B. The face of this card, which is contiguous to the back ofthe front piece, A, is formed with an erasable surface of slate or othersuitable composition, and carries also an inscription, eitherabbreviated or in full, denoting the day of the week. Thus it will beseen that only one day of the Week is exposed on the memorandum-card atany given time, and that a memorandum of any engagements or othermatters occurring on such days,

of whatever date, may be noted on the exposed portion of the card, andafter such engagement or matter has been attended to, the memoranda maybe erased and the card turned in proper time to the succeeding date orday.

Upon the front of the face A is preferably placed a tablet-calendar, a",by means of which the proper use of the memorandum-card may be readilyshown. The back of the card B is formed with a surface, 12, which may besanded or otherwise roughened, and which serves as a match-scratcher.

O designates a cloth pen -wiper, which is secured upon the fastener a,just back of the reverse side of card B, and which is held by the bentends of said fastener.

The whole device constitutes a very convenient and simple article fordesk or household use, and is readily understood and used by any one.

The angular-sided front piece with the similarly-shaped memorandum-pieceis very convenient, as the angles serve to indicate the limit to whichthe card may be turned.

Any number of sides may be formed upon the front A and card B, and thesize of the space which is bounded by the lines a may be variedaccordingly.

The whole device is preferably provided with an attachment, a, by whichthe calendar is suspended.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An improved memorandum calendar, consisting of afront piece having an aperture and a card pivoted to said front pieceand provided with an erasable memorandum-surface exposed through saidaperture, as described.

2. The improved memorandum calendar herein described, consisting of thefront piece, A, having the aperture a, the card B, pivoted to said frontbya fastener, a, and provided with a memorandum-surface exposed throughsaid aperture, as set forth.

SETH L. HORTON.

Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, Jr., M. F. BLIGH.

